Sylvester Stallone Rejected Trump’s Hollywood Ambassadorship: “It’s Impossible”

Sylvester Stallone has revealed that he never wanted to be one of Donald Trump’s “special ambassadors” to Hollywood and rejected the position contrary to the president’s public remarks. Speaking with The Sunday Times, the actor recalled meeting with Trump about the gig. “I said, ‘Thank you and ciao,’ because it’s impossible. Hollywood works, and it will evolve. It’s corporate, and corporate people won’t want to hear me tell them about finance.” Trump announced in early 2025 that Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Stallone were going to be the special envoys to Hollywood. Despite having walked away from the ambassadorship, Stallone found out Trump had named him as one of the ambassadors while watching TV. “I was watching TV one night and they go, ‘So Stallone and Mel Gibson and Jon Voight will be’ ” the Rocky creator recalled. “And I went, ‘What?’ I said, ‘Excuse me? Really?’ Because if they had asked me in the beginning, I would have said, ‘This is not possible.’” Stallone explained his reasoning, saying Hollywood is “like feudal states,” and adding, “They have their little kingdoms. You don’t go in and tell six studios how to do things. And Mel Gibson and Jon Voight, we’re kind of do-our-...